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Monday, November 13, 2017

WATCH TOMORROW.........Argentina vs Nigeria:......Time: 4:30 p.m........... Eagles need six more friendlies before Russia 2018 – Rohr


hehehe...............Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr has said his team will need up to six friendly matches to be in optimum shape for next year’s World Cup in Russia.
The Eagles will face Argentina in a high-profile friendly on Tuesday in Krasnodar, Russia but Rohr, who has guided the Super Eagles to the World Cup via an unbeaten qualifying campaign, wants much more.

“It’s very good we have two games to prepare our team between November and March but it is not enough,” Rohr told press ahead of Argentina friendly.
“We’ll like two games in May, two games at the start of June. We could have six games during the pre-World Cup preparation, with training sessions used as match conditions.”
The only FIFA window for international matches between now and the World Cup in June is 19 to 27 March.

Argentina will face Nigeria in an international friendly at the Krasnodar Stadium in Russia on Tuesday.
The Eagles arrived Russia via chartered flight on Saturday from Algeria.
The match will be played 5pm Nigerian time and will be live on BeIN Sport.
The Super Eagles will make changes to the squad that played out a 1-1 draw against Algeria in Constantine in the World Cup qualifier on Friday.
Coach Gernot Rohr confirmed that captain John Obi Mikel will come back into the lineup after he missed the dead rubber encounter with the Desert Foxes.
Deportivo La Coruna’s young goalkeeper, Francis Odinaka Uzoho may also start in goal for Rohr’s men.
For Argentina, Star forward, Lionel Messi has already been excused from the game after he helped his team beat World Cup host nation, Russia 1-0 on Saturday.
Here is how you can watch the game:
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 14
Time: 4:30 p.m. (GMT)/11:30 a.m. (ET)

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